The New York Herald Newspaper, January 2, 1873, Page 6

8 ‘NEW YEARS. ———+ —— Welooming the Birth of Young Seventy-Three. NEW YORK ON A VISIT. Beenes and Sights Among the Callers. The Compliments and Hospitali- ties of the Season. es NEW YEARS IN PRION. Scoot ageenleteaaanne How the Day Was Observed In the Churches and at the Charitable Fustitations, ‘The old year died away like'a man ~dying in bis mleep, and the eyes of the new year opened yester- day upon a more cloudicss sky and amid a more genial temperature than has blessed ‘the coming of his anvval infant within tae memory of the oldest Mmhabitant. The arctic wave of coi air had ap- perently ceased Its chilly vibrations to tender the heir-apparent a warmer welcome, and the sun that meually hides his head at this periodical tallying of his evolations shone ont as if he, too, had made the ‘usual new year resolutions and was about to tarn over a new leaf. Under foot the earth presented o» & DOUBLE FacR, ‘1s was evidently trying to look severe when the ‘festive jollity ef the occasion permitted only geni- ality. On one sidewalk the rayeof the sun bad forced the earth into a sort of genial thaw, whilc on the other the old dame had eld ber finty coun- tenance frm. On one sidewstk was wet, un- wholesome walking; on the other giassy, treacher- ous ice, On one side a warmth that allowed of Summer overcoats; on the other # snowy chill ‘hat called for mufilers. One sidewalk represented the temperate zone and the opposite one the arc- ‘tic, Young New York inits rounds could visit in the neighborhood of the North Pole or cross the ‘way to the tropics. Thijs phenomenon was notice- able all over the city where the sun's rays could penetrate, and pedestrianism was given In vorse- quence A CHOICE OF TWO EVILS. The choice usually lay on the icy side of the street; for, ip his fine attire, and imbued with that jonity of the season which recognizes even a fal as a\good-natured joke, young New York preferred #@ dis\ocated limb to bedraggied boots, THE SLEIGHING ‘was \ery bad, and there were but few slcighs out. Wow cind then a cutter or a family sleigh, with dusty { bows in it, would dash comortably along Fitth wvence, and flually come to griefina side street, where the snow had been cleared away or dad evi porated under the genial influence of the wun, A yaln, a number of sleighs, by a judicious mapping of visiting lista, were enabled to keep pretty vtell within the snow limits. When there is \an appearance, however deveptive, of good siei fhing, the New Yorkers who visit are averse to \\abs or coupés. It seems like slighting ‘the goods \the gods provide for us to make a pleasure roijnd on wheels when runners seem to ave.a chan be, and, consequently, there was 4 j\ACK OF WHEELED VRUICLES, The sananatent Fifth avenne and the City Hail ‘Park.were crywded all day with carriages, and the @rivers stood}around with their hands in their pockets-waittitg to turn an honest pemny until the ay -had slipyied by. Between the sleighs, the soupés and the pedestrianism, however, visiting ‘was indniged\it to even a greater extent than ual, The ‘“nebe'’ of society and the “apes” of ¢ same indefizable element were out early and mained .out late. The wine and cake in the \adies’ parlors’ were never at rest. The bell Alendles were comtinually clicking and “John,” the » tan in the hall, wasjxept for eighteen hours bow- In 0 the ipcomersiand showing or helping them in to-the parlers. Ata few doors . THE OARD BASKETS wei @ chung, @nd the usual tricks of the “intos- mica Wd’? were played upon them. One inebriated youn @.scntleman put aramMe ticket for a stunning Surac @hinto acerd basket on Fifth avenue, and afterr, WIC8 Jooked all through a basket in Four- teenth wireet for.it. He will probably advertise it, Many p Wt..ten gent pieces in the baskets, and in one inst ence a nebLy young gent, who had made Dis pine F-ninth vielt by six o'clock, deposited in ene bask @).8 dollar bill, om which he had written for the ed, @ceation of the father of the girls, “some- thing to hc Gi you "bong, old man; we know you're poer.” Thc \Jather of the girls is worth a million, Whe bandwr WK Of the young miscreant is known. THE ISXBRIATION on the part o S:the visitors was weefl. Farly in the afternoon \etoupd of individuals nearly over- come were tob @seeR meandering down the ave- gue, discussing excitedly whether they had not @iready called @ ‘old Jones’ gals,” anda well Gressed man, w WC wore lavender kids, diamond siuds and @ golk swatch chain, and nervelessiy ndied a tiny c We, Was. overtaken by his “in- mards” in a street « @F. and ruined the vehicle.by the rebellious erup Wons of lis stomach, Half a @ozen Houston stree, \wickpockets eyed him raven- ensly throughout anu \ofered to help him home, ‘but he was confident | W could go by himself and wigzagged away, follo, Wd by the hungry throng. ‘anouner overiovded in @ividwal rendered the day Gisagreeable to all his f Wows by throwing up bis soul over the rear of ask ‘Mh on Fifth avenne. He had made only his eightic Wi, and it was about five o'clock in the afternoon. DURING TH ® NIGHT ‘the streets might have bee: \howling wildernesses. Yella and songs and ai Wents among belated callers startied the night . Wr until the sun of another day came forth to pu Wy the atmosphere, ‘The effort nade by t THK TEMPERANCE | PBOPLE and the suggestions set forth the HeRaLp in favor o/ coffee and cake instead @f wine and sump- tuous dinners as an element oft Ye New Year enter. 4ainment were productive of gre: ‘t good in many laces, and quite a number « ¥ families, who fsa hitherco entertained in the orthodox way, presented only the c.W that not Anebriates to their young visit: & The result most instances was an overhau ‘ng of the en- rtaivers by the visiting party after ‘Giey had leit, and ageneral opinion that the host © “high, stingy old prig.’ A withdra Wal to the sample room to make up the deficit was ‘usually resorted to—‘‘just to take the ti le out of | your mouth.” Thus, although the wine bing at Iviendly houses—the evil of passing th © bottle to your neighbor, and the greater evil of fa WU hands pressing the ruby cup upon young lips, was greatly @ecreased, the inebriation was not perc eptibly diminished, and the New Year of 1873 end ‘4 for the average caller just as usual, with a fick gtomach, @ bewildered head, a parched thro M, & | “taper off on soda next morning and a thou, aod good resolutions, At some of the large sample rooms and pul We | ouses of { A SPORTING CHARACTER | ‘the compliments of the season were lavishly illus: * ‘trated. Costly free lunches, with wine and grapes snd cake, were set out for the gratis delectation of customers. At one place @ huge bowl of champagne punch, with festoons of Malaga grapes bout the edge of the bowl, was on exhibition. Whole roast pigs, Standing on their four legs, with @ carver knife stuck through their vitals, invited Fmd hungry at another. At one of the most fash- jonable gambling saloons a table was set and kept op till midnight, at which 1,200 visitorg partook during the day. The maivons de joie we ually | Prodigal of thelr ospitaitties, In due; the day | ‘was devoted tore generally than usual tor the | s#ausiying of the stomach and the paying of jayial visita, and passed as New Year's UMtally dose tn the repetition of ge Wishes, the making of goout f resolutions for the year that has come, and the ‘vain attempts to fathom the possibilities, to relieve y ‘the doubis and encourage the hopes of SEVENTY-THREB, | Look in mine eyes! | Wilt thou change, too t k Shall Ifear surpri | Shall I find anght new? | a In the old and dear, In the tried and With the ch: J true, nging year? | AT THE INSTITUTIONS. of the Circumcision was celebrated yesterday mac ¥ With the same ceremonies as are uscd on Sund ys. the mc Wnipg until hall-past ten o’clock, when a high mss was sung, the celebrant being Rev. Father lower, one of the recently ordained priests New Year’: at this church is that it receives every roar New Y.ar's calls, worship, ers at St. Peter's were residents of the downtow. | part of the city. in the early Struggles of life have since grown rich | NEW. YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY.,2, 1873. are always Kindly treated, have good food and all the comforts they can enjoy; but yesterday the dinner ana supper were particularly good, and in the evening ali the'girls came down into the parlor and had a jolly dance. There were no gentlemen te dance with; bat the girls did not mind thata bit, and danced away until a late hour, One of them played, and the ‘Is danced the polka, waltz, Valvp, Lancers Saf vrata reel unti! they were completely tired out and could dance ro more. Two of them wore elaborate dresses of sheets and pillow cascs, so as to improvise a masked ball. They are all Fr, respectable giris. Some of them came mm the country and coukd not get work; others were taken Aid Soctety is¢loing azood work in this institution, Many of the girls world bave perished in the street or been ex: d to the worst temptations if the Giris’ Lodging Houge had not offered them a tem- rery home, Mrs. Hurley, the matron, is very ind to them all, aud the girls are aa comfortable as they can be. St. Garmabaw’ House, In St, Barnabas’ House, 304 Mulberry street, the day was passed very quietly, There was no celebra- tion of New Year except the usual morning ser- vice in the chepel, The HERALD reporter who went ‘through the building found everything in the neat- est and cleantiest condition, and the inmates of the House will ail be comfortable this new year, Last hn the heuse furnished 76,585 meals and 18,206 loigings—@ magnificent record, of which the Sisterhood of the Good Faepwar a, who are devoting themselves to thie excellent work, may well be proud. There are few institutions in the city which -ave deserving of @ more liberal 8 rt than St. Barnabas’ House, and yesteraay thé representa- tive of the HERALD was informed that the house ‘had not money enough to pay its current expenses. Etforts are Being made to obtain funds, and it 18 to be hoped— for tite sake of hundreds of poor women and helpless infante—that they will be successful, Five Points House of Industry. In the Five Points House of Industry the children had a merry thme yesterday. They gave a party—a party with ice cream and cakes and lemonade and apples and oranges and candy. Every child got u paper bag of choice candics and every child ate them up in no time. The hittle girls Who made all the arrangements and prepared the feast deserve much credit ior their taste and skill, The children played at_every conceivable re from three until seven P.M. They enjoyed he handsome toys which they had received on Christmas. The discipline in the house is excellent. When the Superintendent and the Hrra.a re- porter entered the large playroom an almost deafening noise greeted thelr ears. At least a Mullion voices seemed to be engaged in thia-unt- versal yelling and ehouting. The Superinteadent gave a signal with his whistle and in one instant all was silent as the grave. No jumping, no shout- ing, no screaming; every child was quiet and recognized the presence of the teacher, ‘The lad) teachers were also at the children’s party, which was a complete success, The children danced and romped and frolicked until it was time to go to | bed. They were all delighted with the adyent of } ane new year which had given them such a happy time. The Howart Mission. The Howard Mission was very quiet yesterday, and Mr. Charles Cook, the energetic Superintend- ent, had for once a few hours of lelsure, The 250 poor children who come every day to attend school in the Mission and to get thelr good warm dinners besides spent the day in their homes, The eleven little giris who live at the Mission all had a spiendid @inner, At the Helping Hand for Men, 316 Water street, which 18 @ branch establishment of the How- ard Mission, some three hundred destitute men had ® good turkey dinner, The new year opened auspiciousiy for these poor persons, for it gave them what they were sure to thoroughly appre- » Clate—a good, Warm meal. Epicures dining at Delmonico’s never enjoyed a meal so mueh as these men enjoyed their turkey yesterday. They all had excellent appetites, and they declared unant- eile that this- was, indeed, a “Happy New ear. The Newsboys’ Lodging House, Last night the newsboys assembled in the spa- cious lecture room of the Lodging House to cele- brate the ‘Happy New Year.’’ They had celebrated it already the nignt before, when they drew their savings for the month, and went out to buy all sorts of nice things with the money. Some of the boys who had been industrious drew as much as $20 from the “bank.” The entertamment |: night was very enjoyable. The boys had music, singing, recications and oratory—that is, some of them got up and delivered speeches on the “Happy New Year.” The speeches were certainly successful, for the beys laughed and hooted and clapped their hands, and hurrahed. To-day many will receive their New Year's presents—new suits of clethes and boota. They were all happy pare last night, d when they went to bed you could see by their face tl they troubled themselves but little about the future, and were determined to make this indeed a happy New Year. NEW YEAR'S CHEER ON THE ISLANDS. In all the institutions on the islands of the East River over which the Commissioners of Charities and Correction hold sway the day was appropri- ately observed by religious instruction and rest from labor. At cight o'clock in the morning the Roman Cathollc clergymen oMeiated in all the in- stitutions at mass, About ten o'clock the Prot- estant Episcopal services were celebrated in the Presence of large and, in many eases, devout con- gregations of worshippers, At the Penitentiary religious services were held almost every hour of the day, and in consequence instructions were given to the captain of the steamer to permit no _ visitora to the island, This order was intended to prevent a crowd of the prisoners’ friends from besieging the institution and interrupting the religious exer- ‘cises, as well as to prevent the smuggling into the prison of liquors—a practice not by any means un- common on New Year's Day, when no restrictions are placed upon the visits of the friends of the in- mates. Visitors, however, were allowed at the other institutions, including the hospitals and lunatic asylums on Ward's and Blackwell's islands. Christmas is the day when the Commissioners make their great “spread” for the iamates of the imstitution: but yesterday they sup- plied all the tables with an abundance of New Year's cake in addition to the usual ra- ton. In the Infant Asyinm, on Randall's Island, and the Boys’ Reformatory on Hart's Island, in addition to the cake, the youngsters were treated to candies and nuts and were given a joliday. Warden Stephens, ef Randall’s Island jursety, improvised an entertainment for his little boys and girls, and his juvenile soldier band—the Randall's island Guard—paraded, and made, for boys, a very creditable show. There were very few visitors from the cit; diMeuity of small boats working through the ice frem the New York shore, yet New Yeay’s Day did not hang heavily upon the residents of the isies of the East River. At Bellevue Hospital three services were held— ateight A.M.,ten A. M. and tn the atternoon. ice New Year's cake was distributed, and the day presented the quietude of the Sabbath. AT THE CHURCHES. Yesterday being the Feast of the Circumcision, morning services were held at nine A. M. in most of the Protestant Episcopal churches in the city. Those at Trinity church were conducted by Drs. Dix and Ogilby and the Rev. Mr. fowden, and those at St. Paul's, corner of Broadway and Vesey street, by the Rev, Dr. B. J, Haight, ‘he attend. , owing to the | ance = not large in either of these places of wo St. Alban’s Charch, Although yesterday was a strictly obligatory fes- tival in the above ritualistic church, New Year's was by no means celebrated with that pomp of ceremony which had been expected. The feast was merely honored as the Feast of the Circum- cision of the Saviour, The services consisted of a low celebration of the mass, Rev. 0. W. Morrill omiciating, and Rey, Mr. Bobian acting assistant. | The chu was robed in its Christmas ornaments, and looked neat and cheertul. There was no ser: mon, although the congregation was rather nu- merous and spparently Inteiligent, St. Peter's Charch. _ 8G Peter's church, in Barclay street, the Feast Masses were said from an early hour in for the iWchdiocese, The noticeeble feat of Of course the calls are all 1 \de from a weligious motive, and are intended to | cep) Up the linf& between the ever-pressing present | nd ti. ¢ time long gone by, when the now scattered Many who were then nd influeny ‘al; many, too, have changed loca- | them; others, heaieenaiactiaehin tions as bus! '¢s8 required of " rowin with the growth of the city, Girls’ Lodging House | Moved for heaits'Y air; but all still have Yesterday wae a day of joy for the poor gi\ls in | 4 Kindly recollection of the old enureh in Barclay the Girls’ Lodging ouse, 27 St. Mark's place, They | iret, and one from the street sick and destitute. The OnRdren’s | Sermon, to St. Peter's and, if they do nothing eles, hetp themselves by @ retrospection that cannot exeludo some share of gratefui feclings, Through af the busy years that have built up into marble blocks of the vicinity Of the old chnreh there must have been many seaytatie to seli the valuable ropenty But it still ktands as a place of worship, ust a8 Old Trinity and St, Paul's stand, and will ikely, Ifke these, see many more New Years, and the end be @ bistoric church landmark, loved for itn’old age and associations, At the bigh mars esterday morning hundreds of the old friends of ig‘church were present. The muste of the mass Was well selected for the service, and Mr. Pechcr, accomplished organist, with the excellent choir under bis direction, rave the audience an | zimirabie musical New Year's treat, ‘There was no BREW YEAR'S IN PRISON. | Slavetiniescepiiinnts How the Day ».-+ Passed in the Tombs. While all was joyous anu ea hilarious withont yesterday, Inside the dim and gloomy chambers of the Egyptian mansion in Centre stecet every- thing was as dark and dismaj asever, Notaray even of the gorgeous sunlight of the New Year Day came to lighten up the hearts of tue vieiims of the law. Warden Mark Finley ordered that the pris- oncrs should have two hours’ exercise ta the cor- nidors, and this was al) the extra privilege that would be allowed, Those who had friends or rela- tives to look after them had a little better fare than usual—some few daintics, perhaps, but that was all, Murderers row, on the second tier, where Stokes, Bleakley, iz, Sharkey and Foster are confined, looked the same as usual, except thet the distin- utshed prisoners gladly avai themselves of the fina permission of the warden and were walking up and down the corridors, Cie and chatting asantly with each other. All of these genttemen Bore themselves remarkably well and tried to make the best of the situation, Stokes was, a8 usual, in a pleasant, buoyant. humor, and his high spirits | seamed to have its effect on the rest, Bonnell smiled all over his face and showed his beauti:ul teeth ag he bade each of his companions in misfor- tune a ‘Happy New Year.” Sharkey laughed jol- ily, bat with Foster and Bleakley it was evidently an effort to keep their spirits up to the required mark. It was hard to look on any of these men without ® feeling of pity, or at least regret, at the cause | that led to their confinement. All of them are men of intelligence, of vivacious temperamen warm-blooded and warm-hearted; and, through all their jollity and avimal spirits, 1t was easy to see that they felt very keenly their situation, and the very meution of New Year’s Day brought vividly to | thelr mind thouglits of home and kindred; for | most of the prisoners have parents, wives and | sisters, Aiter enjoying their promenade to the last min- ute allowed them, they were escorted back to their cells and shut up again tor the rest of the day and night, Stokes will be brought out again this morning to appear at the Court of Oyer and Terminer and listen again to the tedious argu- ments of the lawyers, the rulings 0 the Judge and the testimony which is to decide, perhaps, his tinal acquittal, Through the whole prison the same privilege of extra exercise Was alowed, and from the lowest tier to the topmost the same quick tramp could be | heard upon the cold iron till the order came to close. * The Day’s Doings at Ludlow Street Prison—A New Drink. ‘The massive pile of brick in Ludlow street known | asthe County Jail was yesterday the scene of no ineonsiderable degree of hilarity and genial mirth, | Warden Tracy, with his proverbial generosity, | spread a sumptuous table, which was done aniple justice to by the scores of visitors who dropped in | during the day. Everything in the eating line suitable for auch an occasion was there in abun- dance, whilé of sherry, Port, Bourbon, rye and} brandy there seemed an inexhaustible supply. A luge bowl of delicious wine punch seemed to be an especial favorite with the “nobby boys,” but the more substantial bipeds who did theimseives the honor of calling Viewed it with a critie’s eye, H Nor passed its impertections' by, preferring the article, as one of them put it, “that knocked dad off the fence.” A diminutive pitcher of that heathenish and pernicious mixture kaown as lemonade occupied a sequestered corner, where it was Jusily allowed to repose undisturbed, But if this effeminate decection was stunned there was another which was still more severely let alone. It | occupied the space within the crystal wails of a colossal: decanter, was of a sickiy reddish hue and ‘was labellea— padnnedadanentedenatehetpaketonsteeaten DOMPTROLLER GREEN'S MIXTURE | FOR OFFICE-HOLDERS. | AOLEOOLELOLELEOOLELEDOL EDEL OIEDEDEDOLOLODOL EDO DE That it had a good, honest look none contd deny, but all seemed afraid to touch tt lest it might. in some way get them into the unenviable fashion of retaining other people’s money or prohibit the pos- sibility of their ever after allowing that, with the exception of themseives, any one is honest, And 80, choosing rather to imbibe the liquids they are familiar with than fly to others they know not of, the numerous oficial visitors quietly but firmly ig- | nored the article. About twelve o’clock the callers began dropping in, andina short time there was a continuous stream passingin and out. Mr. Tracy, having a number of calla to.make, left the building early In the forenoon, and then the task of doing the hand- some devolved upon his genial deputy, Mr. Gard- ner, who acquitted himseit most admirably, The prisoners were accorded the liberty of the build- ing and after two o’clook had the run of the lunch table, with their numerous friends, many of whom leit little souvenirs behind, to, in @ measure, as- suage the misery of the captives. Ere night shed ; its sombre mantle the number of callers had nearly reached seven hundred, not one of whom quitted the building without feeling that it was “good to have been there,” i The Day at Essex Market. The beaming countevance of Justice Scott made itself visible in the Essex Market Police Court at the usual hour yesterday morning, backed up by the Justice himself, who announced himself aa be- ing in a state of torpid gorgeousness, adding that ere the ‘dying of the day”’—he wasextremely poett- cal—his gorgeousness would probably assume a hilarious attitude. The prisoners—and there was & host of them—pretty much all bore unmistaka- ble evidence of tn! Spent the night “calling,” as they expressed it, Black eyes and bruised faces there were in abundance, but the last vagabond of them smiled, and would be merry in spite of the | Secther f surroundings. One by one they were rought up and told their story, which was always to the effect that they had been enjoying New Year’s Eve, and, unfortunately, took “just a wee drop too much.” The good-natured Justice hadn't the heart tolock them in a@ cold, dreary cell, 80, very properly, forgave them their little eccentrici- ties and allowed them to depart in peace. SLEIGHING IN 1873. The Most Modern Way of Enjoying the Pastime—Fifth Avenue, the Park and the Lane—The Snow Wearing Away Fast=-The Parade on R rs Yester- day—Why It Looked Pretty. The lovers of sleighing must have experienced some little disappointment in the pursuit of their favorite pastime yesterday, for the condition of the snow Was not by any means such as to afford the greatest possible enjoyment on runners. The fact is that the mild weather of the past two or three days has been of such a very indeterminate char- acter that it has neither carried away the snow nor left it, It has simply ‘‘mussed” it. However, the proportion of sleighing parties out for the purpose of mere slelghing was not by any means so great | largely tended to diminish the array of steighs in yesterday as might very reasonably be supposed True, it was | EVERYBODY'S HOLIDAY, Vut everybody had something to do in the way of reviving old acquaintances, and perhaps of mak- ing new ones by following that awful, boresome custom of making New Year's calls, This very the Park and on Harlem lane, as did also the addi- tional fact that a large number of persons con- cluded, as it was their “day out,’ to “kill two birds with one stone’? and make the round of | their New Year visits with the aid | of a sleigh. And so the fying caval: | cades of coursers and cutters ~~ were not nearly so imposing on the tavorite routes of display. Butin any event people want— | at least they prefer—better snow than they coud find yesterday. At one o'clock in the day, when, ordinarily, people begin to show out, if they mean to go Out at all, the appearance of Fifth avenue, irom @ sleighing point of view, was BEGGARLY IN TUR EXTREMA, and at three o’clock it was but little better. ‘The | a rig | Seventy amount of travel on the avenue since the advent of and } the snow has aveady played grave havoc, | the snow has been pretty thoroughly cut through to the pévement and turned | over and over until the appearance ofthe thoroughfare is anything but inviting, Of | course ho Villamous and plebcian street railroad | has yet searred the face of the great thorough soon !t may—but the centre of the roadway is one long, broad streak of dirty drab, brown or mud- colored compound, of two paris snow and one part muck, This combination has beem churned and minced by carriage wheels chiefly, so that the sleigh runners have been unequal to the task of pressing it down into a geod compact roadbed, as would be the case in MONTREAL, QUEBEC OR 8T, PETERSBURG, A large number of the side streets have been dl- vested aimost entirely of their covermg of snow, and the long, hard, unsympathetic pavement shows itself in bare epota at frequent intcrva's, IN CENTRAL PARK the sleighing was both better and worse than on the Avenue, owing to the drifting of the snow during the first two days of its fall, The result of the drifting was that many parts of the drives were splendidiy covered, while other portions of the road were scantily favored with the fleecy sine qua non oi a festive ride, But sleighing was feasible, and, as the poct so de- lightfully unbaurdens himself, “the world is largely what we choose to make it.” So those wno were determined to enjoy a sleigh ride fg nate could and did do it, ana there was ‘t lively trooping of pretty turnouts turongh the meandering roadways of the Park. ‘they came from all directions, and it was really in the Park that one got HIS FIRST POSITIVE IMPRESSION yesterday that there was any sleighing on foot, (This is not 60 much of an Hibernicism as it looks; at worst it is omy a rather Infelicitous way of put- ting it; but itis so awfully: hard to write about sleighing and say something new every day that even this diversion of clumsy expression, in’ writ- ing seen ® reliet.) to return to the other diversion, the sleighing, and to pick up the thread of the narrative tt is necessary to skip back over that long parenthetical explana- tion and apologetic extenuation to the sleighing that was “on ioot.”” The sleigh riders, who, it will be understood, really were not on foot, looked cheery, aud, a8 a whole, really pretty as they whirled past, with bright eyes and the blood tin- giing in thei cheeks in the glowing sunlight. ‘The day above was ail that could be desired, An almost cloudless sky arched above ‘THE PRANCING PANORAMAS of horsefesh, beauty and luxury that stretched away along sinuous roads, into hollows and over hillocks and bridges, It was, Indeed, singular, the effect which the air, the sunsiine and the exercise had on that moving throng, As a body the men and women in those sieighs were certainly no better looking than the ordinary mass of people to be met in an alternoon'’s walk on Broadway; but somehow they looked much han‘somer. It was the spirit of pleasure, of freedom from anxiety, which characterized them, and the ex- hUaration of the hydrogen that lent a diamond Bparkle to the eye, @ rose flush to the cheek, and that rung out heaith belisin every peal of laughter that floated away on the alr. And, ofcourse, there was a great deal in the surroundings and appur- tenances of the pleasure seekers, Put any man who is NOT A WOODEN MAN behind a pair of pretty, fleet-striding ponies, and beside bim a lovely, fair-haired woman, with sap- phire eyes and coral lips; bury both of them to the armpits in rich furs, cloth and velvets, and sit them in a trim cutter, crimson cushioned, robed with silver-woll skins and neatly streaked with crimson and gold; arch the necks of the horses with chimes of music bells and burnish every har- ness buckle to the brilliancy of gold; let this glit- tering group sweep noiselessly past you with an ocean ot fleecy snow below and a flood of azure and goid above, and if they don’t look pretty there is no use in avy further attempts to make use of Hogarth’s line of beauty or to harmonize colors or soften contrasts to pleasing ettects. You don’t no- tice whether the man’s nose is @ little pag or Whether the lady’s eyebrows and lashes are mere pencil, You take in the - “GRAND EFFECTS OF THE PICTURR, and itis sure to be “niity,”? and that is why every- body looked pretty in the Park yesterday—except- ing the Park police, Nobody ever saw a pretty policeman, untess he may have secn one or two of ie Broadway squad, the good genil of the crose- ng. Out over the Terrace arch and past Mount St, Vincent the troop sped. Of course they didn’t all speed right slap past the mount; but some of them stopped there a wuule and tied up their horses and looked through THE BOTTOMS OF TUMBLERS, and then went on, and 80 got past the mount. It would be a very painiul task to make some men go by that Hostelry on the hill without giving them he the opportunity or excuse to “see a man” Inside. Out on the Lane things looked still more earni- valesque, for this was the focal point of the display. Aman is nobody whe doesn’t get ont on the Lane if he bas got a sleigh. All the men who keepelegant oquipages and handsome stock, and have hand- some wives or sweethearts, go out there, and so do all the men whose business it is to raise, train and drive fast horses. One class goes out vo DISPLAY 178 “STAMPS,” and the other goes out there to make them, and go the Lane is popular and-at times populous. Harry Bertholi’s (amed resort was thronged Pn terday, and there was a rare exchange of New Yoar congratulaiions and compliments, washed down be floods of the sony. All the way alon; to the bridge, at the Ciub House, Dodge's an Florence’s, were moving lines and halted clusters of riders taking Cie air, and the laat of the sleigh- ing, and “a little something warm,” you knew. And neither the dam, which is not there, nor the bridge, which is, seemed to limit their scope of er for they sped across in jarge numbe until it seemed as though many of them would getso PAR OUT IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY that they will have to wait for the next snowfall to get back. Altogether the day was plcasantly spent by the sleighing brotherhood and the attend- ant sisterhood; but if looks as though the cre; of the carnival had been skimmed by the cutters that took advantage of the first few days of snow. We shall want more snow soon, or there will be any quantity of rusty sleigh runners about sundry and divers stables, back yards and carriage- houses. SKATING AND CURLING. et Cthnecials “New Year's” on Ice—How Gotham’s Visitors and Citizens Amused Them- selves—The Fun ana Frolic of the Day. The several ponds in the Park, embracing the “Lake,” “Sixth avenue’ and “110th street,” were well patronized .yesterday, considering that it was New York's greatest festival occasion, Until noon those that visited the Lake were strangers, appar- ently being country cousins who, having been told of the pleasant amusement, made this the day of visitation, Occasionally these manifested courage enough to put on the “steel,” aad their grotesque mMane@uvres were not only the talk of the lookers- on, but caused many & merry laugh. About one o’clock the ‘city’? people made the | concourse look as in olden tames, and the offcers then could nod and speak with one another without having their in- tentiona misinterpreted. Of course it was New Year's Day, and they had forgotten it, their polite- ness being of the usual pleasant order, althoughin this particular there cannot be any charge submit- ted, as they are ‘‘full of information’ at all times, and thongh it may be invidious to direct attention to one ormore on duty during the day the gray- coated individual in charge of the Seventh avenue entrance at two o’clock was especially polite to all the incoming army of ladies and gentlemen who Jelt that “a skate” was better than receiving or making ‘‘calis."” At three o'’ctock throng was greatly aug- mented and the refreshment saloon full. The “faney fellows’? w: ont, and they gave the spec- tators on the ‘Drive’ ample chance for argument in the matter of their respective skill, while they discussed the propriety of setting aside for them the space for practice which they desire, As night was approaching scores of Gotham’s juveniles were noticed buckling on their sk«tes, and then the Lake Was brilliantly picturesque, Costumes new and elegant were numerous, and the ‘strange’ ladies (those not familiar with metropolitan life) took many “notes” or scarfs, dresses aud sacques. It Was to them a chance not to be negiected, The crowd seemed the same on all the ponds, Mirth, good nature and a “willing to do anything” kind of spirit predominated. Iu this way the day was passed, and rich and poor enjoyed themselves alike. Ii the same feeling of fraternity was elsewhere exhibited as noted among the visit- ors to the Park, then yesterday was indeed an occasion of “good will to all. The curlers, as usual, were on band, and on their park, between urth and Seventy-fiith streets, played several ‘ub” games, to give them the practice necessary to enahie them to be in “full feather’ next week, when the “point” contests are to be inwugurated, Captain Costar took charge yester- | day of the Park police, to the gratification of all Who were advised of the fact, NEW YEAR'S IN BRCOKLYN. nanan The residents of the City of Churches began their cireleway round the four seasons of the new year yesterday, with thoughts as varied, perhaps, as the number who go to make up the vast population. Some felt like closing their eyes upon the scenes through which they have pased in 1872, while others were clinging tenaciously to the memories of incl- dents which they would not for the world have obtiterated, and therciore stepped slowly across the titteshold into 1873, with thetr eyes over their shoniders, 2nd waving old Time, with whom they have travelled, a fond and affectionate farewell, But young Time slid out upon the world's stage @ year at least travel down town | Jare—we yrow #0 last there's no knowing how | with a confidence Pestergay that gave the Brook- lynitesan assurance that they had nothing to fear in the future, s0 long as they placed their trust inthe Great Ruler of all. There are, no donbt, hosts in Brooklyn who have an accumulation of sins to answer for, and while the year is young and their new-formed resolutions of reformation fresh they should improve the time. Notwith- standing the discouraging picture drawn by the reform committees of Fifty and Qne Hundred of the Brooklyn politicians of 1872 the confidence of a large clase of the citizens of Brooklyn has not been shaken in their integrity, and, as their con- stituents filed into their dwellings and partook of thelr bounteous hospitalities, nothing could have induced them to change probably even the worst politician for one from New Yo. The prayers of the thonsands of Brooklyn's fair daughters for aclear day were answered, for the sun came out brightly. precisely at the hour announced for its ap- pearance in the almanac, and the bright eyes of thease who had been looking forward for a py time, and who had been fussing and fixing for many weeks in order to be prepared for yesterday, sparkled with delight, The young urchins who are looked upon as a nuisance on such days were out in full force upon the sidewalks with their sleds, and those who would have lingered long {n their~ beds were aroused, and soon became alive to the importance of the voyage upon which they were to sail A large number of tue ebureh-going portion of the community attended the services in the various churches to which they were attached, and returned blessings to Divine Providence for His goodners in the past and prayed tor His good guidance in the future, re ‘was, Of course, 5 soon attendance at the various Catholic churchés—the Cathedral, St. Paul's, St. Mary’s, Star ef the Sea; St. Stephen’s, St. Charles Borromeo's and others. At an early hour the usnal custom of making calla was commenced, and the streets were soon filled with well-dressed gentle- men, making their annual visiis to their friends, ‘The cnstom of receiving calls this year seemed to be universal, for it appeared as if prepara- 2 tions had heen made in every house, The sleighing waa good, and the largest portion of the callers went about in sleighs. e streets re- sounded with the merry tingle of the sleigh be!ls, They served also as a warning fur the young ladies who might otherwise have been caught making a “social call themselves’? in order to dispel the monotony of time between calls, ‘There was no particular levee at the City Hall, for Mayor Powell was opposed to furnishing a mu- nicipal banquet for the rae SSE who heretofore filed into line long before the hour for the cere- monies to commence, He was at his office, how- ever, and entertained a large number of callers. The keeper of the oA Hall, Patrick Tourmey, was not aware he had so many friends as gath- ered about his table during the course of the day. All the city and county oficiais received their calls at their residences, and the occasion was one enjoyed by both host and guest, Everybody wished everybody else ‘a happy New Year,” anil the young laay who escaped being kissed would to-day be a curiosity. Pickled oysters along in the evening appearod to have a bad eifect upon some of the callers who | had not gauged thelr capacity to a nicety. Pro- Jessor Doremus will have to analyze some of the bivalves done up in pickle to ascertain what In- Jurious qualities they possess and how many it ts | safe for a man to take who has lost his front teeth, isa little freckled, bald and has a large family looking sor him at home. “HONEST JOHN CAMERCH” Death of Captain John Cameron by an Apoplec- | tic Stroke on New Year’s Day, After Forty Years’ Faithful Service. \ | Yesterday morning, at afew minutes before ten ) o'clock, one of the bravest, most eicicnt and | oldest police officers in New York died at the cor- ner of Third avenue and Twenty-third street. | “Honest John Cameron,” as he has been called for | over twenty years, while attempting to cateh,a | Grand Central car gomg south, at the upper | corner of Twenty-second street and Third avenue, tripped and fell while. running between the curb- stone and the inside car track, and lay in the | street on his sace gasping for breath. The pedes- REW YEARS AT THE CITY WALL. pla biel nsec deal The Retiring Mayor and Mayor Havemeyer Desolate Appearance of the Mayor’s Offices~ Courtesies of the Ex-Mayor and the Mayor—The Reception of Citizens in the Governor’s Room—Mayor Have- meyer Looking for His Portrait. Shortly before noon yesterday Ex-Mayor Hall ar- rived at the Mayor’s ofices in the City Hall, ‘The familiar apartments wore a dismantled appearance. The paintings, the photograpns and the engraved Portraits of prominent city officials had been re- moved from the walls; the pumberless articles of adornment that indicated the excellent and refined taste of the chief occupant of the rooms, and which gave to all visitors the idea of -beauty and fituess, had been sent away, and all that ‘was left was the furniture of Ingersoll, which only, served to dil up the empty, cold, cheerless aspect of the offices and give to the eyes of visitors a dull gray of grim utility instead of that beauty of adornment that tO the unprefecting even 1s an un- conscious joy. Ex-Mayor Hall stood in the waitmg room leading to the private offices, wear- ing his overcoat, chatting with anamber ef vix- itors, who had partially surrounded him, waiting to tntroduce bis successor and give him possession Of the official apartments, Observing the date- rack om the Mayor's desk, Mayor Hall called the at- tention of several gentlemen to the error that had. evidently been made by one of the attendants in placing the date as January 11 instead of January 1, and remarked that that must be A MISTAKE, _ unless the atten’ant meant to indicate by it that there was one golng out and onecomingin. The laugh that followed this characteristic joke nad scarcely died away aad the faces of the group re- turned to that appearance of expectation that is always so manifest on the waiting for a great event, when Mayor Havemeyer, followed by Mr. John Foley and other distinguished reiormers, en- tered the Mayor's private office. The retiring Mayor then shook hands with the Mayor, and then, turning to the empty chaw, said:—“Mr, Mayor, I desire to restore you to that vacant chair, and to give you the keys of your private office, and wish you a very happy New Year.” Mayor Have- meyer recelyed the keys trom the retirmg Mayor, and = said:—“I thank you very much for all your kindness to me,” and then satin the civic chair aud assumed the oflice and the dignity of the Mayor of New York, At that moment Colonel Joline, the ¢x-Mayor’s chiei clerk, entered and handed the letters of ‘the day to the Mayor. ex-Mayor Hall said:—“Mr, Mayor, Isce that the tirst letter you have received 1s irom tue Coroner's office, 1 think that letter should have becn a dressed to me, for lam the dead Mayor.” This w the retiring Mayor's LAS? OFFICIAL JOKB, Whiist the langh was goiug on, Mr, Hall, with hat in hand, bowed himseli out, and opening the private door, passed into the vestibule of the Halt @ private citizen, leaving his twenty years of i public life as part of the history of the time. The private office of the Mayor was crowded with citizens, and Mayor Havemeyer rose from the chair and said, “1 tlunk we must ad- journ tothe Governor’s Room.’ Captain Leary, of the TweSity-sixth precinct, who Was in attendance, then opened the door o1 the oulce, leading into the vestibule, the Mayor passed out, an impromptu procession was formed, and, ascending the sieps, the Mayor and his friends passed into the pictured salon that is so weil known to the frequenters of the Hall, The Mayor took a position in the centre of the saloon, supported by Comptroller Green and Mr. John Foley, and Captain Leary and his men placed the citizens as they entered in Indian file: aud as they passed the Mayor they were intro- duced by the Comptroller or Mr. Foley, and the Mayor gave each a very cordial shake of the hand. trians and bystanders, noticing the brave | Mr. Foley evidently regarded it as old gentieman= lying prone and _ helpless, | TUN RUFERME MONEWE ran to his assistance, and he was | Of his life. It was dtMeult to decide which glit~ ’ tered most, his eyes or the diamonds on his snowy carried into the drug store at the | white front, To each presemtation he scemed ta same corner, from which he started | say, with a paternal fondness, as he looked upon teranforacar. Acrowd collected, and Captain Leary, of the Twenty-sixth precinct, who was just going down town on the same errand on which Captain Cameron had started from the Eighteenth precinct station house—namely, to make nis morn- ing returns at Police Headquarters—secing a crowd gathered, plunged into the drug store and took charge of the dying officer. Police Sur- | geon White, of the Eighteenth precinct, and Drs. Fersch and Lawson were summoned to the assist- ance of the Captain, and as soon as they arrived they applied restoratives of various kinds—sal volatile and ammonia—but it was all in vain. ‘There was @ nervous twitching of the eyelids, an effasion of blood to the face and head, and in less than ten minutes after he had been carried into the drug store Captain Cam- eropn, one of the best police officers in the Metropolitan Department, was dead—stone dead. Officer La Rue, who has been for many years under the command of Captain Cameron, was the first man to go for a doctor, and he called on Dr. Belcher, mm Twentieth street, and, telling him the circumstances, asked ior his immediate assistance. Dr. Belcher informed him that he had @ patient then under his charge and that he could not attend Captain Cameron. OmMcer La Rue then ran to inform Warden Bren- nan, at Bellevue Hospital, having ascertained that | doctors had arrived to furnish assistance—that an ambulance was needed to take the body of Captain Cameron to his residence, at 119 Can- | non street, between Stanton and Housion streets. Warden Brennan was _ thunder- struck at the mews of the sudden and | unexpected death of CaptainCameron; but, act- | ing with his usual promptitude, he got the am- bulance out himself and drove it down to the drug store. ‘The body of the old officer was carried out carefully, his white bair and whiskers looking piti- ful as crowds of New Year's callers passed to and fro, not [es @ thought, perlaps, to the long ears of jaithful service given by the old man in the cause of Jaw and order. The body was then driven by Warden Brennan to the late residence of Captain Cameron in Cannon street. Areporter of the HERALD called at 119 Cannon atreet yesterday afternoon. The house is an old- Jashtoned brick structure of three stories, with green blinds, aliigh brown stone stoop with iron | railings, and in front of the house was a huge snow bank with @ large cutting made mit, The door handle was draped with crape, and a plain and ‘worn brass plate bore the inscription, POOUIT LORE LEROLELENEDEDE ERECT TE. J. CAMERON, Abo ODE LO OE LOOE LENE LE OLDECLETODELE TELE LOLEDE HE The reporter knocked at the door, and a tail, Bensible-looking lady appeared in answer to the summons, followed by a bluff, honest looking man, who wore large whiskers and seemed to be a sea captain trom his appearance. Tne reporter stated the object of his call, and the lady said, “It would be better, perhay that you stiould see Mrs, Cameron in the back parior. She is very mach broken about this sudden loss, but she will Yell you all.” The reporter walked back into the room, and there saw an old and respectable-looking lady, who wore spectacles and seemed bowed with sor- row. The room was plainly and neatly furnished, and over the bed hung a portrait of the eee, old officer in unitorm, taken some years ago. | Over the mantelpiece aiso hung a colored repre- sentation of the Culef of the Cameron clan, in the Cameron tartan and plaid, In the front room, con- ceuled by the rosewood folding doors, tay the corpse of poor John Cameron. In answer to inquiries made, Mrs. Cameron stated that her husband was barn September 30, 1807, and was consequently in his sixty-fiftn year. Captain John Cameron was & native of Norwaik, Coun., of Scottish descent. Mrs. Cameron Is in her sixty-eighth year, aud is also @ native of Connecticut. Mrs, Cameron is not in very strong health, She has but one child, a mar- ried daughter, forty years of age, the wife of Mr. Stephen St. John, of the South Norwalk [ron Works, The Captain has two brothers—one in the tea and coffee business in Bridgeport, and the other, who vesides in Brooklyn, is engaged in the iron railing business in this city, Japtain Cameron's services as a policeman began as far back as 1834, He was one of the old munict- pal police force or city watch, known as the “Leatherheads,” For nearly Be Bi he has been a police oficer, and never during that long period was hé known to taiter in his duty or doa dishonest act. Other police captains have got rich in office, but he only rented the house in Cannon street, @ part of the Costar property, and, except- ing the old homestead left him by his mother at Norwalk, he leaves nothing behind him. Captain Cameron was & Very distinguished member of the Masonic order, and was bigh in the Scottish de- ree aud the various commanderies of the the Mayor, “Behold him—this is my child!” and how proud the father was of the child none but John Foley could tell. In the sunshine of succes» all political animosities seemed to have melted igs there were none so full of party spirit as fail to do honor to the Mayor. Judge Joseph Dowling and Captain Kennedy, of the Sixt precinct, were among the earliest in their congratulations te the Mayor. A stranger Would never have dreamed that Mayor Havemeyer had been other than the man of the: choice, Sheriff Brennan came in, with his face wreathed with smiles, and heartily congratulated the Mayor, accompanying it with assurances ot his profound respect and reminding Mayor Have- meyer of their very old friendship, County Clerk Loew, in a suit of English clothing, appeared THE HAPPIEST OF MEN, and looked as though the scene was one that he had desired to contemplate ever since his return from Europe, and that his nomination tor Mr. Havemecyer’s position was the bare innuendo of » hireling scribbler. Even Mr. George Roome, who loses the lucrative position of Keeper of the City Hall by the political change, was prompt with his congratulations. Success was the solvent that had turned the acid of disappointment into sweets, and the virtue of contentment and satisfaction was assumed, even if it were not pos- sessed. The line of introductions was contin for more than an hour without any interruption, and inciuded the Aldermen elect, the Assistant Al- dermen elect, Tax Commissioner McMahon and the attachés of the Tax office, the attuchés of the Comptrolier’s office, the attachés of ex-Mayor Hail’s office, members of the judiciary, imeluding Judge Noah Davis, of the Supreme urt; Com- missioner Van Nort and a number of attachés ut the Depart it of Public Works. During the in- troduction some one calied the attention of tue Mayor to his first inauguration, in 1845, and said, “I suppose, Mr. Mayor, your portrait is here.” ‘ts ity’? replied the Mayor, and walked into the middie of the room to look for it. He looked around for some ininutes in : AN UNAVAILING SEARCH, which was heartily enjoyed by those who knew its location. The Mayor Was unable to make a selec tion, and Fave iit un, ‘The portrait was 1) pointed oat to him, immediately over his hea, ‘coe twenty-seven years ago. “Is that me” he exclaimed, and on being assured that that was his portrait he laughed very heartily at bis ewu jack of discernment and scrutinized the portrait with an appearance of retrospectiveness on his face that was certainly very natural, but which was not much appreciated by the majority of those by whom he was surrounded, Shortly after one o’clock the or left the hall without returning to his office, and thus closed a reception: which wat carried out from the first to the last with a rigid REPUBLICAN SIMPLICITY. Comptroller Green, Alderman Vance and Alder- man Van Schaick returned tothe Mayor's office and informed the ex-Mayor’s attacn¢s that the Mayor had left, took possession of the official let- ters of the May and very shortly after the oflcce were closed for the day. Mayor Havemeyer stated yesterday, in answer toan inquiry, that as far asthe appointments o} his office were concerned nothing definite was settled; that he wished to know exactly where he stood before a final decision as to this was arrived at. The consequence of this will be that the ex- ecutive of the or's office will continue, to-day, at least, as it hi ber for the last three years. THE WELSH NATIONAL SOOIETY OF NEW YORK, On Monday evening last a numerously attended meeting of influential Welsh citizens of the city of New York was held in the basement of the Welsh Presbyterian church, East Thirteenth strect, for the purpose of the organization of the Weisb National Society of New York. Mr. John T, Davies, President of the St. David's Benevolent Society, ov- cupied the chair, ‘The pbjects of the society were set ont by the chairman in an enthusiastic speech, which may be briefly stated tobe to unite the Welsh of the city of New York and its vicinities with a view to a better recognition as American citizens, such as 1s bestowed on other nationalities in public matters. That the Welsh, having contributed largely to the interests of this city and the country at large, have no representatives in municipal matters in acknowledgment o! their services, which they consider themselves entitied to, inasmuch as other nationalities are recognized not more Ryne | as citizens or more capable of discharging any duty conferred on them than themselves. The Rev, Howeil Poweil, pastor of the Thirteenth street Welsh church, delivered a Sa, appropriate and effective speech on the same topic, urging the Weish to unite in claiming their ae ot as Citie zens, and not to remain subservient to other na- tiouaiities, enumerating circumstances which forced this duty on themselvesas a nation that had contributed so muci to the wellare of the country, and were prominently mtermingied with ita histor nights Templars, He was an active and Mr. Aneurin Jones, of Plainfleld, N, J., a8 sec honored mpmber of | Alma Lodge, and this | retary of the committee appomted to frame tie body will take charge of his funeral, which is to | constitution and bylaws of the society, read the take place at one o'clock on Sunday afternoon, | same, which were wnanimousty adopted, and the from St. Pauj’s Methodist Episcopal church, in Fourth avenue. The Masonic display will be a ver: imposing one. Mr. Sentor, the undertaker, will have char of the obsequies, The doctors think thi Captain Cameron died either of disease of the heart or of an apoplectic stroke. The sta tion honse in Kast Twenty-second street was yi terday heavily draped with mourning, aud all olicemen connected with the precinct seeme fee] that they had lost a friend a8 well as a sn- ertor Officer. He had been Captain in the Kigh- enth precinct for nearly twelve years. Coroner Kognan wil) hold av imouest on to-morrows Rev. Fred, Evans, pastor of Central followed in a characteristic speech. then adjourned, NEWARK'S OITY ATTORNEY ROBBED, The residence of Samuel H. Baldwin, City At torney of Newark, situated at 608 High street, wat | entered by burglars early yesterday morning an’ robbed of two overcoats, two builalo robes and the week's washing, in all worth about two bun dred dollars, No arrests, tist churen, he meeting |